#british

As they say, one thing led to another, and, ultimately, the British and Irish governments asked me to serve as chairman of the peace negotiations, which ironically began six years ago this week. ↗

— George J. Mitchell

#another #asked #began #british #chairman

Something is happening to Britain and the British. Or has happened. We are said to be passing through a transition, or a turning point, or a transformation; nobody is quite sure which. ↗

— Ferdinand Mount

#british #happened #happening #nobody #passing

In 1966 I became president of the British Computer Society. ↗

— Lord Mountbatten

#british #computer #i #president #society

The guitar influence that affected my songwriting came from the New Wave of British Heavy Metal. ↗

— Dave Mustaine

#british #came #guitar #heavy #heavy metal

I often hear them accuse Israel of Judaizing Jerusalem. That's like accusing America of Americanizing Washington, or the British of Anglicizing London. You know why we're called 'Jews'? Because we come from Judea. ↗

— Benjamin Netanyahu

#accusing #america #because #british #called

Ryan Giggs will go down as the most successful British footballer of all time and I cannot see anyone ever overtaking him. He's on the brink of his 13th league title, after all. ↗

— Gary Neville

#anyone #brink #british #cannot #down

In 1860 a total eclipse of the sun was visible in British America. ↗

— Simon Newcomb

#british #eclipse #sun #total #total eclipse

Israel was born under the British mandate. We learned from the British what democracy means, and how it behaves in a time of danger, war and terror. We thank Britain for introducing freedom and respect of human rights both in normal and demanding circumstances. ↗

— Shimon Peres

#born #both #britain #british #circumstances

My jokes are in my head and I have a duplicate copy of my jokes in a lot of British comics' heads, where they are safe. ↗

— Emo Philips

#comics #copy #duplicate #head #heads

There's a tradition in British intellectual life of mocking any non-political force that gets involved in politics, especially within the sphere of the arts and the theatre. ↗

— Harold Pinter

#arts #british #especially #force #gets